Evita: In My Own Words

Evita: In My Own Words
by Eva Peron, Joseph A. Page, Laura Dail

Evita: In My Own Words
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Author: Eva Peron, Joseph A. Page, Laura Dail
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-14
ISBN: 1565843533
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: New Press, The

Book Reviews of Evita: In My Own Words

Book Review: Very insightful
Summary: 4 Stars

Good short history in introduction. Although some doubt cast about the authenticity, it is still very insightful of Evita's last and final thoughts and feelings and enlightening about her character and personality added to her previous work My Message aka Evita by Evita.

Summary of Evita: In My Own Words

A new edition of the controversial "deathbed manuscript" attributed to Eva Per?n.

In 1987, a document that appeared to be the long-lost deathbed manuscript of Eva Per?n was found in a government archive in Buenos Aires. Rumor had it that the manuscript, which is critical of the Argentine church and military, had been suppressed for thirty years after Evita's death by her husband, Argentine President Juan Per?n.

First published in the United States by The New Press in 1996, the book remains a fascinating historical document and memoir at a time when Argentina is back in the headlines and trials of leading officials from the Per?n era are underway. Leading Per?n scholars disagree about whether Evita wrote every word herself, and Evita: In My Own Words includes an extensive introduction by Per?n scholar Joseph A. Page, who weighs all the claims and counterclaims about the document's authenticity and provides an essential historical framework for Eva Per?n's life.

Evita offers a firsthand glimpse of the woman who left an indelible if controversial mark on Argentina, and, at the time of her death at age thirty-three, was considered one of the most powerful women in the world. Originally published as In My Own Words.


In My Own Words is extracted from a document, "My Message," purportedly written by Evita on her deathbed. The introduction by Joseph A. Page of Georgetown University argues for the authenticity of the document and provides a useful introduction to Evita's life and work. Evita rose from illegitimacy and poverty in rural Argentina to a stellar life as a celebrated beauty and consort of Juan Peron, president of Argentina. Evita as First Lady famously looked after the poor of her country and was beloved by ordinary people. She died tragically of uterine cancer at the age of 33 and became an icon for Argentina.

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